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邊緣世界

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內容簡介 Amazon科幻影集《邊緣世界》原著小說未來可以預測，人類則否。非典型時間旅行，虛擬實境謀殺案；軀殼與靈魂的哲學答辯，復古與未來的超脫想像。你我相遇的瞬間，我們的未來就開始朝不同方向前進。芙林接下高價打工代班，在虛擬遊戲中監視特定對象。然而，執行任務過程中，那名對象卻以駭人的方式遭到謀殺。由於畫面真實得觸目驚心，她也從未聽過這款遊戲，緊接著又有不明人士追殺她與家人。如果只是遊戲任務失敗，為何會引發如此嚴重的後果？在困惑中，幕後真正的雇主現身，希望芙林以目擊者的身分協助調查，她才得知一個驚人事實：這名雇主與其企業集團與她分屬不同時空，她所目擊的是一場發生在數十年後、甚至位於另一塊大陸的殺人事件。而她，將透過未來科技，在未來世界以擴充實體的方式現身，揭開這起案件背後的驚人真相！在可預見的未來裡，我們發現，原因都出在人身上――那些滅絕，那些死亡，都與人有關。---奠定電馭叛客類型的大師吉布森在某次訪問中表示，本書想討論的是科技狂飆後的世界。當技術先進到某種程度，反噬是否成為必然？當他以《神經喚術士》超前眾人，將所有堪稱前衛的概念遠拋在後。而在十數年後，我們的現實才終於追上這位大師的腳步。然而他從未停止思索未來，仍持續對讀者的腦細胞發出挑戰書。吉布森的文字一如他的故事，不受時間、空間甚至文化之限，自由地在綜合交錯的時間軸遊走，更於科幻的硬體架設中填入論靈魂與存在的哲學血肉。當你把神經接入另一具身軀，在鏡中看見的會是什麼？――或說，那真的是你嗎？本中文書介出自《邊緣世界》木馬文化事業有限公司出版Discover the cult classic behind the major new TV adaption from the creators of Westworld, starring Chloe Grace Moretz.-----'Big-screen, popcorn-chewing thrills' GuardianFlynne Fisher lives in the rural American South, working at the local 3D printing shop, while earning much needed extra money playing VR games for rich people. One night she dons a headset and finds herself in futuristic London-a sleek and mysterious world, alluringly different from her own hardscrabble existence. But this isn't like any game she's ever played before: Flynne begins to realize it isn't virtual reality... it's real.Someone in London, seventy years in the future, has found a way to open a door to Flynne's world. And as utterly beguiling as London is... it's also dangerous. As Flynne searches to discover who has connected their worlds, and for what purpose, her presence here sets dangerous forces into motion...forces intent on destroying Flynne and her family in her own world.The Peripheral is master storyteller William Gibson's dazzling, hallucinatory glimpse into the fate of mankind - and what lies beyond.-----'Mesmerizing, captivating, haunting' Sunday Times'Frightening, plausible. Not just a unique and brilliantly talented SF novelist but a social and psychological visionary' The Times'Frantic with imagination and frantic with the appetite to see what happens next' Observer'A swirlingly philosophical quantum daydream of drones and bodyswapping' Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year"

作者介紹

作者介紹 William GibsonWilliam Gibson's first novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide. Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive completed his first trilogy. He has since written six further novels, moving gradually away from science fiction and futuristic work, instead writing about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His most recent novels include Pattern Recognition, Spook Country and Zero History, his non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavor, compiles assorted writings and journalism from across his career.

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